gōng

public; fair; just

HSK 2 #115

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 115th character
Radical ⼋ (12.2)
Strokes 4
Index # 148

Definitions

公 gōng
  1. 1. public
  2. 2. fair
  3. 3. just
  4. 4. common
  5. 5. make public
  6. 6. collectively owned
  7. 7. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  8. 8. male (animal)
  9. 9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. 10. father-in-law
  11. 11. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility wǔ děng jué wèi

Stroke order

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Words containing 公

Word Meaning
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(law) obstructing government administration
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let the willing come; a trap for the willing
set a bait and let the willing get hooked
prenuptial agreement; dowry contract
prenuptial agreement; dowry contract
Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons chūn qiū wǔ bà
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
your esteemed father; (polite) my father; head of a family
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
(honorific) your father
to take sb to court; legal confrontation; to sue
fig. spoiled girl; lit. little princess
mini bus (used for public transportation)
chikungunya fever (Tw)
the Paris Commune uprising of 1871
the parallel postulate (geometry); Euclid's fifth postulate
the parallel postulate (geometry); Euclid's fifth postulate
Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC)
China Mass Media International Advertising Corp